Posted by Dinah on August 29, 2003, at 21:00:55
In reply to Magic Garden » Dinah, posted by kar on August 29, 2003, at 2:35:05
My yard is too big for my current needs. :( I used to have dogs that needed a lot of exercise, but for just us inside type people it's way too big.
You guys are giving me way too much credit. Some of the grass is already dying. I'm trying to move around sod pieces so that the nicer pieces are in the center. And for all my work trying to add soil and level out what used to be the garden, it looks like I just started.
And as for knowledge.... The only thing I can say for sure that I learned is the truth of one of my husband's favorite sayings "The road less travelled is usually less travelled for a *reason*." (I'll bet you can guess how happy that makes me.) I didn't want to plant what all the neighbors had. I wanted to be different. So some of my plants died, and the rest turned into yard devouring jungle plants. Sigh. Our yard has been unusable for years.
So now I'm planting what every house in the neighborhood has planted. Exciting? No. But apparently every house in the neighborhood knows what plants are low maintenance and grow well in this area. :(
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